The internet is truly an amazing thing. for many of us, it has become our source of income, news, entertainment, and even relationships. the social phenomonen that has been labeled Web 2.0 offers more choices for social networking then ever before. pages and blogs are becoming more and more dynamic, and instant messager video messaging makes our online lives more emmersive than ever before.
A recent study by The Daily found that individuals who spent more than an hour a day on the
internet spent less time with their spouse or significant other on average than did individuals with who spent
less than an hour. This raises some intriguing questions about the
ramifications of allowing internet to replace true human interaction. At
what point do our virtual lives become pathological to our true lives,
or is there such a point? many will respond that internet
realationships are just as legitimate as “real life” relationships.
with the rapid progress of technology, such questions will continue to
become more important. will we ultimately become a society that
communicates almost exclusively through the medium of the internet, or
will we turn in a different direction? we’ll have to wait and see….but for now, I’ll start sociallizing with real people….as soon as I get done with my second-life session.
